… But in advertisements that went up Monday on Facebook, the president delivered a very different message, pointedly warning a select group of voters that Democrats were intent on repealing the Second Amendment and asking them to sign their names to a petition to defend gun rights. … One version appears only to men between...
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Team secures NSF grant to advance novel CAD technology for 3D printing
Nikhil Gupta and Ramesh Karri, NYU Tandon professors of mechanical and aerospace engineering and of electrical and computer engineering, respectively, have received a National Science Foundation (NSF) award. … The researchers, including Nektarios Tsoutsos, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, who received his doctorate from NYU Tandon, are perfecting...
A new generation of cyber experts trains to tackle the next generation of cyber threats
NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s pioneering Cyber Fellows program opens the semester with a mission: Help fill the yawning talent gap. … C-suite executives from some of the most recognized and respected firms and government institutions on August 30 will welcome a new class of students to NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s pioneering graduate-level online...
New facility, new resources, new opportunities for collaboration
NYU Tandon Newsroom, September 3, 2019 … Thanks to the opening of 370 Jay Street, the opportunities for synergy are about to expand greatly. With its array of new labs, classrooms, and collaborative spaces in what used to be the headquarters of the MTA, this newly minted space, dedicated to the cross-section of creativity and...
Facebook tightens restrictions on political ads, but there are loopholes
… “Right now, what Facebook requires from advertisers is virtually nothing,” said Laura Edelson, a researcher at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering who studies political advertising. “Until now, there’s been no vetting whatsoever. It’s been advertisers’ responsibility to make sure [their disclosure] was correct.” … That’s a big hindrance for researchers who track...
With NSF support NYU Tandon builds 3D printing cybersecurity curriculum
Nikhil Gupta is professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NYU Tandon. … Among other accomplishments, Gupta and a team including researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi pioneered a way to hide 3D versions of such identifying features as quick-response (QR) codes inside printed components. … Gupta and Ramesh Karri, professor of electrical and computer engineering...
New tools to detect digital domestic abuse
Damon McCoy, a professor of computer science and engineering at NYU Tandon collaborated in this research. … A new clinical model developed by Cornell Tech researchers aims to respond systematically and effectively to the growing array of digital threats against victims of intimate partner violence. … The authors are among the researchers from Cornell Tech,...
Simultaneous hack of EV chargers could cause Manhattan blackout, NYU researchers find
Utility Dive, August 15, 2019 The rise of electric vehicles may come with increased cybersecurity risks to the grid — multiple high-wattage charging stations could be used in tandem to launch an attack and potentially cause a blackout, according to a new analysis from New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. … “This simulation is...
Armed and Dangerous: Does Technology Make for Better Policing?
Gabriel Nicholas, a joint fellow with CCS and the Information Law Institute, writes in the LA Review of Books about the competing perspectives of techno-optimism and techno-skepticism. As a jumping off point, he turns to Rick Smith’s The End of Killing: How Our Newest Technologies Can Solve Humanity’s Oldest Problem and Matt Stroud’s Thin Blue Lie: The...
How the Trump Campaign Used Facebook Ads to Amplify His ‘Invasion’ Claim
Articles uses research provided by the Online Political Ads Transparency Project led by NYU Tandon doctoral student Laura Edelson. Some of President Trump’s re-election ads have repeated his inflammatory claims about an “invasion” on the southern border — language that is under scrutiny after the El Paso shooting. … Mr. Trump’s language on immigration —...